Improvement in sash-holders



J. 'M; COWLES.-

Improvement in Sash. HOldersQ N0. 116,162, Patentedlun'e 20,1871.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. oowLE s, on BURLINGTON, IowA.

IM PROVEMENT lN SASH-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,162, dated June 20, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. OowLEs, of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sash-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the same, and in which Figure 1 represents a horizontal longitudinal central section of my improved sash-holder, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof 7 through the dotted line as a; of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference in the two figures refer to like parts.

This invention has reference to an improved sash-holder; and itconsists of a slotted plate having a stud, iri combination with a springbar carrying a roller, and a loop supplied with an arm and setscrew, all arranged and operating substantially as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

F in the annexed drawing refers to a plate which is set in a mortise cut in the windowframe, and there secured by means of screws or otherwise, it being supplied at its ends with openings suitable for that purpose. Upon the rear side of this plate is formed a lug, f, which forms a hearing or resting surface 'fo'r the upper end of the spring-bar B, the latter being riveted or otherwise secured theretojas shown in Fig. 1. The lower or=bifurcated end of the spring-bar B is supplied with a roller, A,"which is caused, by means of said spring-bar, to press against the window-sashjiming in the plate F being provided for its passag io the attached to said bar is caused 'to press with greater or lesser force against the windowsash. To accomplish this result slide the loop 0 upon the spring-bar B,np or down, as the case may require, and then tighten the setscrew E, connected with said loop, as aforesaid, the' said screw beingcapable of being vertically movable by reason of the slot 7 f of the plate F.

Though I have described this device as a sash-holder, nevertheless it can be applied to and used in connection with car and other sliding doors with great advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the slotted face-plate F with spring roller m B, secured upon a lug, f, on the back side of it, the loop 0 surrounding it, the arm G, and the screw E, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I hereunto have signed my name this 16th day of February, A. D. 1871, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES M. OOWLES.

Witnesses:

I. O. HALL, W. W. BALDWIN. 

